I suspect that even my theguardian.com colleagues who perfunctorily groan when assigned to cover the daily gruel that is the Diana inquest - 70 days and counting - would admit, begrudgingly or otherwise, that today is a cracker.
The Sun has been excited by its "exclusive" video of Diana's former butler Paul Burrell telling a pal in New York about how he'd been "very naughty". Apart from giving unparalleled coverage to Burrell's shins, the (presumably) secretly recorded video reveals the lackey-turned-self-proclaimed-custodian of Diana's spirit "bragging about how he deliberately misled the coroner" - that's the Sun's phrase not mine.
The most important allegation appears to be that Burrell - who endured an unpleasant few days giving evidence at the inquest - held back on key facts. When asked by the coroner to reveal details of a three-hour conversation with the Queen, he just said she had been "concerned" about Diana's relationship with Dodi Fayed.
The Sun's video now has Burrell suggesting he was economical and selective about what he told the inquest. But he doesn't reveal what it was he held back on - this is, after all, the man who failed to reveal in his first book that Dodi gave Diana a ring before their deaths because "I didn't feel I had to at the time".
Nevertheless the video contains good news for Burrell book buyers who feel they've been short-changed by his cautiousness: he promises that he won't write another book on the subject.
Meanwhile, today is Mohamed al Fayed's turn to give evidence. So far he's accused a dead photographer of the couple's "murder" and "Nazi" Prince Philip of wanting her dead.
The Harrods owner repeated his claims that Diana was killed because she was pregnant, and that she and Dodi had been planning to announce their engagement.
For those of you enjoying this pantomime, today is a crucial day. Can Fayed, a man who is no stranger to self-conviction, convince the jury that there is substance to his allegations? Or is today the day when the conspiracy theories die?
